June 14, 2004	

Affedavit

	My Name is Roman Gebremariam. I am ethiopian and currently live in capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. I am married and have two children. Their name is Robel Haddis and Alemtsehay Haddis. I am testifying to support my son's application for an asylum in the United States.My family have been persecuted and harrassed by the Ethiopian Government Security agents.My husband is an Eritrean and he has been forcely deported to Eritrea by the Ethiopian government in December 1998. In addition to this horrible situation, my son has been harrassed, threatened, and mistreated. On top of this he was fired from his job at the Security Immigration and Refugee Affairs Authority, due to his ethnic backgroud, which is Eritrean. Even afterwards, while working for Ethiopian Airlines, he still faced the same situations by his co-workers and security agents, because of his ethinic backround. This wasn't enough for them, so the ethiopian government put my son in prison, 'wereda 17' police station. During his imprisonment he was beaten up, tourchered, assaulted, and harrassed by the ethiopian goverenment thinking he was a spy for the Eritrean government. Then, he was released on bail by the help of my brother, Amaha Gebremariam. After he was realeased, he wasn't able to live peacefully, so he was forced to fly out of the country. After my son left the country, the government turned and started to harrass my daughter. Because we were scared for her life, she was also forced to leave the country and now she resides in Yemen. 
	I vow and assure by my signiture that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge.

Roman Gebremariam

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